2010 Toronto Mayoral Election: Rob Ford vs. George Smitherman

[BlondeEyeCandy]

ROB FORD WON!!!!!! Thank God!

[cheeriosinabowl]

@BlondeEyeCandy

... you said it pal.  What a relief Ford won, instead of George Smithereens.

[postbear]

so the wife-beating, racist, homphobic bigot got voted in. let's hope he drops dead of a heart attack in the next few weeks.

[kabaddifan89]

@postbear much rather have him then a gay person as the mayor of my city. I am sounding ignorant right now and pretty homophobic but you have no idea the amount of people who make fun of George Smitherman. Yes we all have to overcome this homophobia but the reality is a greater population of this city IS HOMOPHOBIC.. and this is coming from every culture of the city. Smitherman is a great man and has some pretty good views, but he would not work as the mayor of this city.

[BlondeEyeCandy]

@postbear SO rude.

[cheeriosinabowl]

@postbear

... what a childish comment. The charges of wife beating were dropped by his wife, she has "issues".

Don't wish bad health on anyone, this says alot about your lack of character. Was that nice?

[TimesNuRoman]

exactly what we need, more conservatives -_____-

[maddogmcrae]

Go back to your closet you faggit!

[jonny366]

wooooohoooooo fordddd yeaaaa!!!!

[DuttonChess]

Ford wins in a landslide vote in Toronto....

Rob Ford had more votes than that his next half dozen opponents combined!

Good job on the video interviews Diana!

[redflames7788]

i either want ford or smitherman :D

(but the election pissed me off it was held in our school gym and we couldnt go >=(

[good2blong]

Ford doesn't appear interested. Smitherman does, and is still talking even though the interview is over (even if it's just to get his website out).

[wuzzwuz]

Ford doesn't have the finesse to be mayor

Look at him with the shifty eyes and rubbing his eyes - do you really want him to be the face of Toronto?

[KardiFan2000]

@wuzzwuz yes

[katr112]

@wuzzwuz too bad he won eh?

[gundamWWW]

Apparently 50% of the electorate wants him as Mayor.

I believe in democracy and well must all respect the results of the election.

[BlondeEyeCandy]

@gundamWWW Thank you. That's a very mature, ethical, well rounded response.

[soaddictive]

Great Job, Dee! <3 =)

[artem1m]

This video made me reconsider my vote.  Great reporting.

[olishkina]

Professional!!

[shortstuff129]

ford looks SO disengaged, like he could not care less about this interview.. its so disrespectful. i'm not a smitherman fan, but he at least seemed interested in the conversation. would like to have seen pantalone, too bad he wasn't available.

[shortstuff129]

ford looks SO disengaged, like he could not care less about this interview.. its so disrespectful. i'm not a smitherman fan, but he at least seemed interested in the conversation. would like to have seen pantalone, too bad he wasn't available.

[m4pleSyrup]

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[m4pleSyrup]

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[polumbric]

Very nice interview Diana.

[KingKongBunker]

Perhaps if the interviewer wasn't such a bore, Mr Ford might have seemed more interested.

Just sayin'

[jnspas]

@KingKongBunker unless you get to sit down with the interviewee for like an hour or so - care to provide an example of an entertaining interviewer?

[KingKongBunker]

@jnspas

I can provide you an example of a bad one. See the video above

[jnspas]

@KingKongBunker lol sounds like, to your standards, one would need clowns and monkeys interviewing the likes of you or Mr. Ford.

In either case, considering Rob Ford is losing momentum on the polls, showing lack of care/or interest just because the interviewer is a bore says something about his dedication on the race and his candidacy as a mayor. just saying.

[KingKongBunker]

@jnspas

Yeah, blame the candidate for the interviewer being boring.

Nice personal attack too.

Let me guess, you'll be voting Smitherman?

Enjoy supporting someone who has already helped make 2 billion dollars of our money magically disappear.

[jnspas]

@KingKongBunker

lol more like blaming on you who was defending him on a unsound reason. What personal attack? I didn't call names or put him down on any personal level. Besides you don't recall me openly praising Smitherman either. Seems like you are the Rob Ford fan boy.

[KingKongBunker]

@jnspas

Keep building that strawman, chief.

[shaunap03]

I appreciate how engaged Smitherman was compared to Ford. Great job Diana on representing the youth!

[kevinwkpark]

why does smitherman talk in 3rd person?

[Lightworker444]

My God. She asks him about people without cars and what he'll do for those who solely rely on the TTC, and he takes it back to the free Metropass issue.

I've seen the debates. Do you have nothing else to say? That's not what she asked you. Getting rid of free metropasses for City staff does not help her and what she asked! Free Metropasses. Bombardier subway deal. Wasted money for bike lanes on Jarvis. This is ALL I hear over and over. One track Ford. No vision other than cut the budget 1%.

[salesdtm]

ahahah "Smitherman is the man with the plan~~" haha sounds like my line.

[jnspas]

Bravo! this got me into Toronto election. Now Imma vote!!

[zmariani]

well done!